Summary

This best-selling collection is the only reader that systematically weaves together three types of articles-classic, contemporary,""" "and cross-cultural-for each general topic typically covered in a sociology course. "Seeing Ourselves "conveys sociology' s diversity of viewpoints and methodologies and includes important issues and debates that capture the fascinating complexity of the social world.

Table of Contents

Preface

xv

The Sociological Perspective

Classic

``The Promise of Sociology''

1

(5)

C. Wright Mills

Classic

``Invitation to Sociology''

6

(4)

Peter L. Berger

Contemporary

``How Would a Sociologist Look at Sport?''

10

(4)

Jay J. Coakley

Cross-Cultural

``Body Ritual among the Nacirema''

14

(4)

Horace Miner

Sociological Research

Classic

``The Case for Value-Free Sociology''

18

(2)

Max Weber

Contemporary

``The Importance of Social Research''

20

(3)

Earl Babbie

Cross-Cultural

``Sensitivity in Field Research: A Study of Policing in Northern Ireland''

23

(8)

John D. Brewer

Culture

Classic

``Symbol: The Basic Element of Culture''

31

(5)

Leslie A. White

Classic

``Manifest and Latent Functions''

36

(2)

Robert K. Merton

Contemporary

``The Rape Culture''

38

(9)

Dianne F. Herman

Cross-Cultural

``India's Sacred Cow''

47

(4)

Marvin Harris

Society

Classic

``Manifesto of the Communist Party''

51

(8)

Karl Marx

Friedrich Engels

Classic

``Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft''

59

(3)

Ferdinand Tonnies

Contemporary

``Welcome to Cyber-Society''

62

(6)

John J. Macionis

Cross-Cultural

``The Amish: A Small Society''

68

(3)

John A. Hostetler

Socialization

Classic

``The Self''

71

(8)

George Herbert Mead

Contemporary

``Socialization and Television Violence''

79

(9)

George Gerbner

Cross-Cultural

``Parents' Socialization of Children in Global Perspective''

88

(5)

D. Terri Heath

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Classic

``The Dyad and the Triad''

93

(2)

Georg Simmel

Classic

``The Presentation of Self''

95

(6)

Erving Goffman

Contemporary

``You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men in Conversation''

101

(6)

Deborah Tannen

Cross-Cultural

``The DOs and TABOOs of Body Language around the World''

107

(6)

Roger E. Axtell

Groups and Organizations

Classic

``Primary Groups''

113

(4)

Charles Horton Cooley

Classic

``The Characteristics of Bureaucracy''

117

(4)

Max Weber

Contemporary

``McJobs: McDonaldization and the Workplace''

121

(5)

George Ritzer

Cross-Cultural

``Japanese Etiquette and Ethics in Business''

126

(12)

Boye De Mente

Deviance

Classic

``The Functions of Crime''

138

(3)

Emile Durkheim

Contemporary

``On Being Sane in Insane Places''

141

(13)

David L. Rosenhan

Cross-Cultural

``The Code of the Streets''

154

(11)

Elijah Anderson

Sexuality

Classic

``Understanding Sexual Orientation''

165

(3)

Alfred C. Kinsey

Wardell B. Pomeroy

Clyde E. Martin

Contemporary

``Sex in America: How Many Partners Do We Have''

168

(7)

Robert T. Michael

John H. Gagnon

Edward O. Laumann

Gina Kolata

Cross-Cultural

``Homosexual Behavior in Cross-Cultural Perspective''

175

(11)

J. M. Carrier

Social Stratification

Classic

``Some Principles of Stratification''

186

(8)

Kingsley Davis

Wilbert Moore

Melvin Tumin

Contemporary

``Who Has How Much and Why''

194

(7)

Andrew Hacker

Cross-Cultural

``Women's Poverty in Africa''

201

(5)

Daphne Topouzis

Gender

Classic

``Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies''

206

(6)

Margaret Mead

Contemporary

``How Subtle Sex Discrimination Works''

212

(7)

Nijole V. Benokraitis

Cross-Cultural

``Women in Today's World''

219

(7)

Naomi Neft

Ann D. Levine

Race and Ethnicity

Classic

``The Souls of Black Folk''

226

(5)

W. E. B. Du Bois

Contemporary

``Controlling Images and Black Women's Oppression''

231

(8)

Patricia Hill Collins

Contemporary

``The Rise of Hispanic Affluence''

239

(4)

William O'Hare

Cross-Cultural

``A Comeback for American Indians''

243

(4)

C. Matthew Snipp

Aging and the Elderly

Classic

``The Tragedy of Old Age in America''

247

(6)

Robert N. Butler

Contemporary

``How the Grandparent Role Is Changing''

253

(9)

Roseann Giarrusso

Merril Silverstein

Vern L. Bengston

Cross-Cultural

``Our Aging World''

262

(4)

Frank B. Hobbs

Bonnie L. Damon

The Economy and Work

Classic

``Alienated Labor''

266

(4)

Karl Marx

Contemporary

``When Work Disappears''

270

(10)

William Julius Wilson

Cross-Cultural

``Maid in the U.S.A.''

280

(7)

Mary Romero

Politics, Government, and the Military

Classic

``The Power Elite''

287

(7)

C. Wright Mills

Contemporary

``Pornography: Not a Moral Issue''

294

(8)

Catharine A. MacKinnon

Cross-Cultural

``Freedom in the World: A Global Survey''

302

(13)

Adrian Karatnycky

Family

Classic

``His' and 'Her' Marriage''

315

(6)

Jessie Bernard

Contemporary

``The Decline of Marriage and Fatherhood''

321

(8)

David Popenoe

Cross-Cultural

``Mate Selection and Marriage around the World''

329

(7)

Bron B. Ingoldsby

Religion

Classic

``The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism''

336

(6)

Max Weber

Contemporary

``Culture Wars''

342

(7)

James Davison Hunter

Cross-Cultural

``Women and Islam''

349

(7)

Jane I. Smith

Education

Classic

``Education and Inequality''

356

(7)

Samuel Bowles

Herbert Gintis

Contemporary

``Savage Inequalities: Children in U.S. Schools''

363

(6)

Jonathan Kozol

Cross-Cultural

``Academic Achievement in Southeast Asian Refugee Families''

369

(7)

Nathan Caplan

Marcella H. Choy

John K. Whitmore

Health and Medicine

Classic

``The Social Structure of Medicine''

376

(4)

Talcott Parsons

Contemporary

``The Health of Latino Families''

380

(8)

Ruth E. Zambrana

Claudia Dorrington

David Hayes-Bautista

Cross-Cultural

``Female Genital Mutilation''

388

(8)

Efua Dorkenoo

Scilla Elworthy

Population and Urbanization

Classic

``The Metropolis and Mental Life''

396

(7)

Georg Simmel

Classic

``Urbanism as a Way of Life''

403

(6)

Louis Wirth

Contemporary

``The Urban Real Estate Game: Traditional and Critical Perspectives''

409

(14)

Joe R. Feagin

Robert Parker

Cross-Cultural

``Let's Reduce Global Population!''

423

(5)

J. Kenneth Smail

Environment and Society

Classic

``Why Humanity Faces Ultimate Catastrophe''

428

(4)

Thomas Robert Malthus

Contemporary

``The State of the World's Natural Environment''

432

(6)

Lester R. Brown

Cross-Cultural

``Supporting Indigenous Peoples''

438

(8)

Alan Thein Durning

Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Classic

``On the Origins of Social Movements''

446

(13)

Jo Freeman

Contemporary

``The Animal Rights Movement as a Moral Crusade''

459

(7)

James M. Jasper

Dorothy Nelkin

Cross-Cultural

``Abortion Movements in Poland, Great Britain, and the United States''